St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-17
The Dakota Legislature Disinclined to
Extend Helping Hand to Desti-
tute Farmers.
Excited Arguments Advanced for and
Against the Proposed Appropria-
tion Bill.
One Member Forgets Himself, and
Appeals to the Ladies in the
Gallery.
River and Harbor AlIowances--Ge G en-
eral Intelligence From the
Northwest.
Special to the Globe.


Viding for an appropriation of $3.50. 900 to
be expended in the purchase of seed wheat
for the benefit Of suffering farmers, whose
crops had been destroyed by the elements
last year. Mr.. Aiken. of Lincoln, made
motion that the bill be indefinitely post
poned and this brought up right lively dis
cuSsOn on the merits and dement's of the
measure. A number of members of the
house were afraid that the bill cloaked a
steal and they did not want to pass upon it
too hastily, if they passed it at all, but Mr.
Williams insisted that the bill be considered
and Mr.. Aiken's motion that it be indef-
nitelv postponed was lost. Mr.. Hawk
claimed that his constituents, who were
farmers, had urged him to fight the bill. and
he proposed to do it. He claimed that al
ready prosperous farmers in his district had
begun to speculate on the bill, and had
bagged wheat and were waiting for the
measure to pass to enable them to get a first
pull out of the appropriation. Mr.. Moore,
of Sully, the old veteran, came up with
bound and declared that the farmers in his
county were penniless and feeding their
stoves on fax straw and buffalo chips, and
they needed help. He declaimed about the
legislature appropriating money to boom
towns and cities and thought it was pretty
tough on general principles if they couldn't
extend helping hand to their farmers. He
SHOOK HIS FIST
in the air. as the temperature of his blood
rose, and he referred to those men who OPP
posed the bill as infinitely small potatoes.
He said he lad come here to grow up with
the country. but he was afraid he couldn't
if the people kept up thesmerce nary princi-
pies upon which they were operating now.
There was large audience of ladies in the
house and as the gray headed orator got
red in the face and cavorted up and down
the aisle. he turned his back on the speaker
and threw out his appeal in the direction of
the ladies. Only once was he interrupted,
and then it was by Mr.. HarkinS, of Deuel.,
who stood straight up and asked that Mr.
Moore be compelled to address the chair,
and not the ladies. This brought burst of
laughter that souelched the eloquence of
the verbose gentleman from Sully, and he
sank into his seat, limp and de-
void of ambition. Old Donald
Stewart. of Walsh. in his 1S-carat Scotch
brogue, declared that the bill was an insult
to the farmers, who were not paupers, but
were able to take care of themselves. In
this opinion he was supported by several
other farmer members Of the house.
Fletcher, of Brown, wanted the bill recon-
mitted to the committee ON appropriations,
but DR.. Roger, with a blush of indignation
OH his cheeks, jumped up and created
ripple of excitement by asserting that there
was q dark -cOmpleNioned gentleman some
where in the stack of wood, as he had
heard Mr.. Fletcher tell MI Harkins if they
got the bill back to the appropriation COM
mittee they would kill it. Mr.. Fletcher
wanted an appropriation himself for
school at Ordway and he would kill this re-
lief bill if he could. Mr.. Fletcher denied
that he had said any such thing. and Mr..
Harkins had sprung to his feet to say some
thing when Chairman White whacked the
desk with his gavel and brought the wrang-
lers TO order A vote on the motion to re-
commit was lost. The bill was then read
section by section and various amendments
were made. The bill provides that the
governor shall
APPOINT THREE MEN
to constitute board of commissioners, who
shall spend this money for the relief of all
who, in their estimation, are needy. each
member of the board to give bond of
$40, 600, and that no man can get more than
enough seed to SOW forty acres of land. The
bill on motion was reported fayorably to
the house. Aikens. of Lincoln, fought the
bill, claiming that if help was extended the
farmers. it should come from those WHO
were able to give it, and not from the terri
torial treasury. Williams, of Burleigh,
claimed that S25, 600 was voted in 1874 by
the legislature for the relief of farmers in
Aiken's district and he was surprised that
the gentleman should take the stand he
had Aiken said if the money had been ap-
prOpiated his constituents had never received
any benefit from it, and he was afraid that
would be the result in this case. A feature
of the fight created by the introduction of
the Mitchell court bill was witnessed in the
house late this afternoon when Hubbard
moved that House Bill 1S9 be made Especial
order for next W WedneSday. The bill is the one
introduced by Hubbard several days ago.
providing for the removal of the supreme
court from YanktOn to Red6eld and for
aboliShing the term at Deadwood. The
motion was out of the regular order of 5usi-
ness. as the bill should have come up under
the head of unfinished business, and in
order to carry the Hubbard motion, two
thirds vote must be had. but it lacked one
vote, and the motion was lost. The object
in postponing the bill was to force Foster,
the Redield representative in the council,
to vote i'll favor of the Mitchell court re-
moyal bill, or at least to see
HOW HE CAST HIS VOTE
on that bill before the house took action on
his measure. If he wont vote for the Mitch
IL
with the North. propose to kill his bill in
the house, and they can do it easily as the
Black Hills men will help them. 1t was
expected that the Judiciary committee of
the council would report the Mitchell bill
to-day, but at this mornings meeting the
men who wanted to postpone it as long as
possible got the council into committee
of the whole to consider Hughes revunue
bill and the act prescribing the mode of
listing, assessing and levy and collection Of
taxes, and for other proposals. This bill is
yoIuminous one, containing ninety sec
tions, and tonight. after laboring with it
all day. the council adjourned. having con-
sdered only four sections. At this
rate of speed it is calcu-
lated that the bill will keep the
conncil busy at least four days, and, in the
meantime. the Mitchell men will try to rake
mn enough strength to pass their bill. Fos-
fer who was doubtful yesterday, Is said to
have taken a stand with the Mitchell fac
fion to-day. and there is a possibility of
winning over Weiser, who has grown weak
in the knees since the daylight was knocked
ont of his bill. The day his bill came up
Crigshv was conspicuously absent from the
oonncii. and as the South had promised to
Stand by the bill and put it through. Weiser
naturally thought he was being made game
of and that GrigSby staid away to get rid
Of ' voting on it, but the absence of the mem
her from Sioux Falls was due to the depth
Of d ,scussion that he had got mixed UP in
Of the Sheridan, and not to any desire to es.
cane voting on Mr.. Weisers bill. If the
Mitchell men can
CORRAL WEIsER AND FOSTER
tbey are confident of success. The Yankton
men have prepared bill that will be intro
duced within few days, providing for the
san,nraI of the capital flom Bismarck to